This year Corsair has released a new version of their popular HX series and therefore also the 1000W model underwent an overhaul. There is now a 80 Plus Platinum rating, which is pretty much standard these days in the case of high-end units and apart from that the exterior looks sleeker now. Improving the internals, which are being assembled by CWT, included better cooling more high-end components from Nichicon and Nippon Chemi Con for instance. Overall this should make for a very solid unit.